Sesshomaru stood over a decaying, headless corpse. He wrinkled his nose in disgust, but his sharp nose picked up the scent he needed.
"How did I know that my half-breed brother has been here? All I have to do is follow the trails of corpses and there he is. I've missed him by about two days by the look of this corpse. I'll just have to follow his odor until I find him and the priestess." said Sesshomaru to himself.
Jaken waddled up to him and squeaked, "Milord! I am almost certain that your half-brother Inuyasha has been here! I'm sure we could have caught him if we hadn't stopped for the sickly human."
Sesshomaru smacked Jaken over the head with the scabbard of his sword.
"Watch your insolence, toad." said Sesshomaru calmly, "We must travel as fast as possible if we want to catch my filthy half-brother. Come Jaken, and bring Rin."
Jaken rubbed his sore head and waddled over to his master, carrying little Rin in his scrawny arms, "Yes, Milord."
Inuyasha was hiding at the top of a tree and he had the sleeve of his kimono covering his nose. If he had stayed with Kotori and Kagome any longer, he would have gone crazy.
A day had passed since they had arrived in Kaede's village and things were very awkward between Miroku, Kotori, and the others. Kagome and Inuyasha were desperately trying to hide the fact that they had overheard what Kotori and Miroku had been "doing" in Kaede's hut. They were jumpy whenever Kotori or Miroku talked to them or approached them, and Kotori and Miroku found this quite odd. Shigure and Shippo, as always, were completely oblivious to what was going on.
Inuyasha's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of rustling in the bushes below. He quickly looked down to see who had intruded on him. Miroku.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha? What are you doing up there?"
"Can't a guy sit up in a tree and think without people asking what's wrong?" snapped Inuyasha, still covering his nose.
"Well, it's unusual for you to up and run out on Kagome and Kotori for no reason. Now tell me what's the matter."
"He's too embarrassed to tell you." said a familiar voice in the trees.
"I am not embarrassed!" shouted Inuyasha at the disembodied voice.
Kita swung upside down from a branch above Inuyasha's head, "Then why won't you tell Miroku what's going on, huh?"
Inuyasha was a bit startled by Kita's dramatic entrance, but quickly regained his composure. "Why should I tell him? He can't smell it, so it's not his problem!"
Kita sighed, "You're such a baby, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha turned bright red, "I am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"ENOUGH!" shouted Shigure. He had just appeared from behind a tree not too far from Inuyasha's.
Everyone turned to Shigure. "What's your problem?" asked Inuyasha.
Shigure sighed, "It's very hard to hunt when you two are fighting like small children."
"We are not fighting like small children!" shouted Kita and Inuyasha in unison.
"Are too."
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Kita, are you going to explain what is wrong with Inuyasha or not?" asked Miroku, loudly.
Kita stopped shouting and smiled. "Sure. It's quite simple, really."
"Well, then what is it?" asked Shigure.
Kita, still hanging upside down from the branch, removed Inuyasha's sleeve from his nose, "Kotori and Kagome are in heat!"
The scents of the two girls flooded his nose, which was strange because they were no where near him, and he, overpowered by the scents, fell out of the tree and landed into a pile of dead leaves.
Kita jumped down from the tree and landed on Inuyasha's back. He grunted as she landed.
"When female demons give off that scent, male demons go nuts and try to claim the females. Though not as potent, human females give off a similar scent. I guess it was just too much for Inuyasha.
"To him, those scents mean it's time to mate. I guess he's fighting off the urge to fuck the brains out of both of them." explained Kita.
She got off Inuyasha and took a close look at him. He was still conscious, but very disorientated.
She tugged at one of his ears and sighed, "Pathetic, isn't it?"
Miroku nodded. Then Kita, Shigure, and Miroku turned to leave.
Inuyasha had regained some of his senses and called out to them, "Hey! Isn't anyone going to help me or what?"
"Help yourself you horny freak." said Kita, without turning around.
"What a pervert." said Shigure.
"You can say that again." agreed Miroku.
"Hey! Hey wait! Come back! It's not like I'm doing it on purpose!" shouted Inuyasha as he slowly got up from the ground.
"Whatever!" shouted Kita. Then they all disappeared from Inuyasha's sight.
He sighed and kicked the ground, "Stupid hormones."
Once Inuyasha had left, two figures emerged from the foliage. One had raven colored hair and the other had hair the color of amber.
Kotori laughed softly, "See. I told you that's why Inuyasha left. I guess the scents of a priestess and a reincarnation of a priestess in heat are too much for him. Priestesses scents must be far more powerful than a regular woman. What a poor soul."
"I know. You almost feel sorry for him. The key word there being almost." said Kagome.
"So are you going to stop torturing the poor guy and give him what his body is telling him he needs or not?" asked Kotori with a grin.
Kagome looked at her in surprise, her face drained of all color. "I would never do something like that with the likes of him! He can go have sex with a tree for all I care! It's not my problem that I'm in heat and he can smell it."
Kotori chuckled, "You know, his body isn't the only one that is trying to get a message through."
"What are you talking about?"
"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about. You yearn to be with him also. It's not like he's alone in his feelings of lust."
Kagome's face turned bright red, "I do not want to have sex with Inuyasha! That's the last thing on my mind!"
"But it's still in your mind. Besides, you've already kissed him twice, and if it wasn't for Kita, you would have let him take your virginity the night of my accident."
"How do you know about that!?"
"Kita told me. You do know that she really wasn't half asleep when she walked in on you two, right?"
"I do now!"
Kotori chuckled, "I'm sorry. Kita told me that she noticed when you got up and went to Inuyasha. I guess her curiosity got the best of her and she followed you. From what she told me, she purposely interrupted you two just as things were about to get heated."
Kagome thought for a moment, then said, "I guess I'm kind of glad that Kita did that. I don't know if I'm really ready for something like that yet."
"I understand. Maybe you need some time to yourself in your own era. Now, let's get back to the village." said Kotori.
Kagome nodded and followed the path back to the village.
Kotori watched Kagome walk away with a smirk on her face. "I'm going to do you a favor, Kagome. Please don't be angry with me." thought Kotori. Then she followed Kagome out of the forest.
"How did I know that my half-breed brother has been here? All I have to do is follow the trails of corpses and there he is. I've missed him by about two days by the look of this corpse. I'll just have to follow his odor until I find him and the priestess." said Sesshomaru to himself.
Jaken waddled up to him and squeaked, "Milord! I am almost certain that your half-brother Inuyasha has been here! I'm sure we could have caught him if we hadn't stopped for the sickly human."
Sesshomaru smacked Jaken over the head with the scabbard of his sword.
"Watch your insolence, toad." said Sesshomaru calmly, "We must travel as fast as possible if we want to catch my filthy half-brother. Come Jaken, and bring Rin."
Jaken rubbed his sore head and waddled over to his master, carrying little Rin in his scrawny arms, "Yes, Milord."
Inuyasha was hiding at the top of a tree and he had the sleeve of his kimono covering his nose. If he had stayed with Kotori and Kagome any longer, he would have gone crazy.
A day had passed since they had arrived in Kaede's village and things were very awkward between Miroku, Kotori, and the others. Kagome and Inuyasha were desperately trying to hide the fact that they had overheard what Kotori and Miroku had been "doing" in Kaede's hut. They were jumpy whenever Kotori or Miroku talked to them or approached them, and Kotori and Miroku found this quite odd. Shigure and Shippo, as always, were completely oblivious to what was going on.
Inuyasha's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of rustling in the bushes below. He quickly looked down to see who had intruded on him. Miroku.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha? What are you doing up there?"
"Can't a guy sit up in a tree and think without people asking what's wrong?" snapped Inuyasha, still covering his nose.
"Well, it's unusual for you to up and run out on Kagome and Kotori for no reason. Now tell me what's the matter."
"He's too embarrassed to tell you." said a familiar voice in the trees.
"I am not embarrassed!" shouted Inuyasha at the disembodied voice.
Kita swung upside down from a branch above Inuyasha's head, "Then why won't you tell Miroku what's going on, huh?"
Inuyasha was a bit startled by Kita's dramatic entrance, but quickly regained his composure. "Why should I tell him? He can't smell it, so it's not his problem!"
Kita sighed, "You're such a baby, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha turned bright red, "I am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"ENOUGH!" shouted Shigure. He had just appeared from behind a tree not too far from Inuyasha's.
Everyone turned to Shigure. "What's your problem?" asked Inuyasha.
Shigure sighed, "It's very hard to hunt when you two are fighting like small children."
"We are not fighting like small children!" shouted Kita and Inuyasha in unison.
"Are too."
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Kita, are you going to explain what is wrong with Inuyasha or not?" asked Miroku, loudly.
Kita stopped shouting and smiled. "Sure. It's quite simple, really."
"Well, then what is it?" asked Shigure.
Kita, still hanging upside down from the branch, removed Inuyasha's sleeve from his nose, "Kotori and Kagome are in heat!"
The scents of the two girls flooded his nose, which was strange because they were no where near him, and he, overpowered by the scents, fell out of the tree and landed into a pile of dead leaves.
Kita jumped down from the tree and landed on Inuyasha's back. He grunted as she landed.
"When female demons give off that scent, male demons go nuts and try to claim the females. Though not as potent, human females give off a similar scent. I guess it was just too much for Inuyasha.
"To him, those scents mean it's time to mate. I guess he's fighting off the urge to fuck the brains out of both of them." explained Kita.
She got off Inuyasha and took a close look at him. He was still conscious, but very disorientated.
She tugged at one of his ears and sighed, "Pathetic, isn't it?"
Miroku nodded. Then Kita, Shigure, and Miroku turned to leave.
Inuyasha had regained some of his senses and called out to them, "Hey! Isn't anyone going to help me or what?"
"Help yourself you horny freak." said Kita, without turning around.
"What a pervert." said Shigure.
"You can say that again." agreed Miroku.
"Hey! Hey wait! Come back! It's not like I'm doing it on purpose!" shouted Inuyasha as he slowly got up from the ground.
"Whatever!" shouted Kita. Then they all disappeared from Inuyasha's sight.
He sighed and kicked the ground, "Stupid hormones."
Once Inuyasha had left, two figures emerged from the foliage. One had raven colored hair and the other had hair the color of amber.
Kotori laughed softly, "See. I told you that's why Inuyasha left. I guess the scents of a priestess and a reincarnation of a priestess in heat are too much for him. Priestesses scents must be far more powerful than a regular woman. What a poor soul."
"I know. You almost feel sorry for him. The key word there being almost." said Kagome.
"So are you going to stop torturing the poor guy and give him what his body is telling him he needs or not?" asked Kotori with a grin.
Kagome looked at her in surprise, her face drained of all color. "I would never do something like that with the likes of him! He can go have sex with a tree for all I care! It's not my problem that I'm in heat and he can smell it."
Kotori chuckled, "You know, his body isn't the only one that is trying to get a message through."
"What are you talking about?"
"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about. You yearn to be with him also. It's not like he's alone in his feelings of lust."
Kagome's face turned bright red, "I do not want to have sex with Inuyasha! That's the last thing on my mind!"
"But it's still in your mind. Besides, you've already kissed him twice, and if it wasn't for Kita, you would have let him take your virginity the night of my accident."
"How do you know about that!?"
"Kita told me. You do know that she really wasn't half asleep when she walked in on you two, right?"
"I do now!"
Kotori chuckled, "I'm sorry. Kita told me that she noticed when you got up and went to Inuyasha. I guess her curiosity got the best of her and she followed you. From what she told me, she purposely interrupted you two just as things were about to get heated."
Kagome thought for a moment, then said, "I guess I'm kind of glad that Kita did that. I don't know if I'm really ready for something like that yet."
"I understand. Maybe you need some time to yourself in your own era. Now, let's get back to the village." said Kotori.
Kagome nodded and followed the path back to the village.
Kotori watched Kagome walk away with a smirk on her face. "I'm going to do you a favor, Kagome. Please don't be angry with me." thought Kotori. Then she followed Kagome out of the forest.